The Key to Britain

Queen of Trucks

July 2022 •English

Trucking is big business. Cashing in on the boom is Shannan’s trucker driving school. But can she pass her own HGV test?

Bicycling Group

January 1896 •English

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

Juggernaut

January 1968 •English

In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest semi-trailers could not keep up with this transport, which drove over specially reinforced roads and through city walls that had been demolished to make room.

Schienen zum Nachbarn - Teil 2

January 1993 •German

Second part of a two-part documentary about the now largely defunct network of local railways in the areas around Erlangen and Forchheim, Germany.

The Launch of the Punta Medanos at Wallsend

February 1950 •English

Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.

Freightliner and Merry Go Round

January 1965 •English

A British Transport Film, in German!

De l'eau dans le gasoil

January 2014 •French

Speaking of Freight

January 1961 •English

When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In this case, it's a particularly giant-sized transport problem. But before he's convinced that the railways can help him solve it, there is an atmosphere of battle in the room, and some interesting and unexpected facts are hurled about in the course of the argument. Made to promote the use of railways to transport raw materials and finished products.

Belgian Grand Prix 1955

January 1955 •English

An overview of the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix by Shell Oil. Watch the racing heroes of the 1950's conquer the tarmac in one of the picturesque racing circuits of Europe.

Portraits of Moscow Voyages: In Search of Laika

August 2013 •French

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

Mobility

January 1986 •English

This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available technology, as well as the different needs of the industrialized middle class and the urban poor, the film proposes some surprising solutions.

Trees

October 2022 •French

One day, the tree is considered mature. In any case, it is exploitable for the industry. So, we mark it and then cut it down. With the chainsaw or the harvester, it depends. And then it becomes biomass, pallets, panels, pellets, crates, paper pulp for printing promotions. But what profit does man get from the pains he takes under the sun?

British Grand Prix 1958

September 1958 •English

Overview of the 1958 British Grand Prix by Shell-Mex and BP. Wonderful 1950's colour film

Night Mail 2

January 1987 •English

An updated version of the classic 1936 "Night Mail", this time using an aeroplanes and vans as well as trains, and with poetry by Blake Morrison.

Transport of a Turret by a Team of 60 Horses

December 1897 •French

A very heavy turret is transported on a truck drawn by a long line of horses. The inscription “Charlemagne 53790K” readable on the turret suggests that this view was shot in the vicinity of Saint-Chamond, a town where there are factories specializing in the construction of heavy steel. It is certainly a turret intended for the battleship “Charlemagne”. In addition, a view projected by the Aléthorama on January 20, 1898 in Saint-Étienne, and entitled “Transportation of the armored turret of Saint-Chamond by a team of 80 horses”, could represent the same event.

The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'

November 1943 •English

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

Train Time

January 1952 •English

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

Rolling the Freight

January 1947 •English

Film on the movement of material from the Chicago and Northwestern System.

The Freight Train

January 1954 •English

EB Films presents a documentary on the life of the freight train in America.

The Transporter

October 2002 •English

Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.